Gender differences in school attendance of Indian children

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dc.contributor.authorBarnes, Alexander Corbett
dc.contributor.supervisorClarke, Judith A.
dc.contributor.supervisorRoy, Nilanjana
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-26T21:31:26Z
dc.date.available2013-04-28T11:22:02Z
dc.date.copyright2012en_US
dc.date.issued2012-04-26
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Economicsen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractWe examine the gender gap in school attendance of children aged 7-14 in India using National Family Health Survey Three (NFHS-3). We demonstrate that the choice of the sample examined has important implications for policy. A household decision model is used to motivate whether a child attends school and/or works. A bivariate probit model and Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition are applied to see how changing sample groups and adding regressors impact results, and the implications this has upon gender gap and effectiveness of centralized policy as opposed to decentralized policy. Results show the gender gap is sensitive to the sub samples chosen (e.g. a particular state, a specific location (urban or rural), and gender) and to the choice of regressors, and that centralized policy may be less effective than decentralized policy. Parental education, wealth, location and gender are found to be the most volatile and influential variables in the household decision process.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/3915
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectEconomicsen_US
dc.subjectEconomic Developmenten_US
dc.subjectApplied Econometricsen_US
dc.subjectDecompositionen_US
dc.subjectEducation Indiaen_US
dc.subjectChild Labouren_US
dc.subjectChild Laboren_US
dc.subjectOaxacaen_US
dc.subjectBlinderen_US
dc.subjectBivariate Probiten_US
dc.subjectSchool Attendanceen_US
dc.subjectIndiaen_US
dc.titleGender differences in school attendance of Indian childrenen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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